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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The teacher musts be adept at individualized teaching based on continual assessment of the student's needs. Content should be mastered to a level of automaticity.






2. 1904 - reported 2 cases of "congenital word blindness" - called for schools to establish procedures for screening as well as appropriate teaching of those that were identified with congenital word-blindness






3. State Board of Education Rule - District Board of Trustees must make sure dyslexia procedures are given to the district. - District must use SBOE approved strategies for screening and treating dyslexia






4. Alphabetic principle" and its relationship to phonemic awareness and phonological awareness in reading






5. Words that are able to be broken apart by the position of the vowels and consonants in order to pronounce.






6. 1896 - wrote first article in medical literature on "word blindness" in children






7. The curved diacritical mark above a vowel in a sound picture or phonic/dictionary symbol notation that indicates a short sound in a closed syllable in which at least one consonant comes after the vowel in the same syllable.






8. The number of words which a reader can translate meaningfully in a given period of time






9. Set of principles that dictate the sequence and function of words in a sentence in order to convey meaning - must include grammar - sentence types - and mechanics of language






10. Behaving without thinking about possible consequences. May act or speak without first thinking about how their behavior might make other people react of feel






11. Initial Reading - Letters represent sounds - sound-spelling relationships

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12. Changes in curriculum - supplementary aides or equipment - and provision of specialized facilities that allow students to participate in educational environment to fullest extent possible.






13. International Multisensory Structured Education Council






14. Is a type of test - assessment - or evaluation which yields an estimate of the position of the tested individual in a predefined population - with respect to the trait being measured. This estimate is derived from the analysis of test scores and poss






15. Teutonic invasion and settlement - The Christianizing of Britain - The creation of a national English culture - Danish-English warfare - Political adjustment and cultural assimilation and the decline of Old English as a result of The Norman Conquest.






16. Inferential learning of a concept cannot be take for granted! Never assume!






17. Selective focus on what is important while screening out distractions.






18. The ability to segment words into their component phonemes. Is an important aspect of phonological awareness






19. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder






20. A base word or meaningful unit in there terminology of structural linguistics.






21. Present the parts of the language and then teaches how the parts work together to make a whole. Part of a MSLE Program






22. Given normal hearing - the ability to understand spoken language in a meaningful way.






23. A student with mastery can utilize the information successfully - but may struggle or need to call upon learning strategies to do so.






24. The ancient Britons (Celts) conquered by Caesar in 54 c.e. - Celtic and Latin languages co-exist - Teutonic tribes (Jutes - Angles and Saxons invade) - Anglo-Saxon layer of language






25. A term coined by Stanovich to describe a phenomenon observed in findings of cumulative advantage for children who read well and have good vocabulary and cumulative disadvantage for those who have inadequate vocabularies and read less and thus have lo






26. Statistical measure of the degree of dispersion in distribution of scores. Measures spread of a set of data around mean of the data. The more widely the values are spread out - the larger the standard deviation.






27. A step taken by school personnel to determine which students are at risk for not meeting grade level standards.






28. A letter or a group of letters attached to the beginning or ending of a base word or root that creates a derivative with a meaning or grammatical form that is different that the base word or root.






29. Developmental Auditory Impercepion - Dysphasia - Specific Developmental Dyslexia - Developmental Dysgraphia - Developmental Spelling Disability






30. An affix attached to the beginning of a word that changes the meaning of that word.






31. Most soundly supported by research for effective instruction in beginning reading - Must be explicitly taught - Must be systematically organized and sequenced - Must include learning how to blend sounds together






32. Comprehensive end-of-year exams - reflecting the specific subject matter outlines in the curriculum.






33. A class of open speech sounds produced by the easy passage of air through a relatively open vocal tract. A - E - I - O - U






34. Provide different ways for kids to take in information or communicate their knowledge back to you. The changes do not alter or lower the standards or expectations of a subject or a test.






35. Vowel - consonant - e syllable






36. A quick probe that is done frequently in order to make instructional changes in a timely fashion.






37. Individuals with a Disabilities Act






38. A districts dyslexia program is considered part of the basic - required curriculum. Therefore - state compensatory education funds can only be used to provide programs - projects - activities - and materials that supplement that district's regular dy






39. A score that describes student performance in terms of the statistical performance of an average student at a given grade level. Ranges from K.0 to 12.9 Are not a dependable representation of progress






40. The knowledge of the various sounds in the English language and their correspondence to the letter or letters that represent those sounds.






41. Nationally known for research on both the prevention and remediation of reading difficulties in young children as well as work on assessment of phonological awareness and reading






42. A score that combines several scores according to a specified formula.






43. Closed syllable - open syllable - vowel- consonant-e - r controlled syllable - vowel team - final stable syllable






44. Stress or emphasis on one syllable in a word or on one or more words in a phrase or sentence. The accented part is spoken louder - longer - and/or in a higher tone. The speaker's mouth opens wider while saying an accented syllable.






45. Attempt - Failure - Frustration - Avoidance - Lack of Practice - No improvement - Loss of esteem - loss of motivation = THIS






46. Scientific terminology and often appear in science texts - Greek roots are often combining forms and compound to form words.






47. Take frequent study breaks - move around to learn new things - work at a standing position - chew gum while standing - listen to music while studying - skim material first then read in detail






48. Pre-reading - Oral Language Development

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49. Are standardized and measure your progress and achievements as a student.






50. Multiple Viewpoints - Analyze text critically - understand multiple point of view

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